Looking for school district info - Jacksonville area (neighborhood, school districts)

[MJL794]

We have a moderate-functioning autistic 8-year-old and a gifted 12-year-old. We're looking at several places trying to find the best possible services for our 8-year-old and have come across the Jacksonville School for Children with Autism. Two questions:

First, looking for any parents with children who have attended the Jacksonville School for Children with Autism -- what have your experiences been?

Second, understanding that we'd probably have to move to the area and enroll our autistic child in a public school initially, we're looking for recommendations on school districts that can serve both of our very different children.

Thanks in advance for any info you can provide.

[fsu813]

School distrcist in general, Dubal County (jacksonville) will grade out average to below average overall b/c there are more below average schools than above average schools. That being said, there are plenty of good / great public schools. Just depends on the neighborhood for the most part, though a child can enroll in the best public schools (magnets) without living in the immediate area.

If you make it a priority, it isn't hard to get your kid into a good school basically.

If you don't want to put in the effort, you can drop your child into almost any Clay, St. Johns, or Baker County school and it'll be just fine. Though you'll be a good bit further away from Jax.